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Domestic Help Service.
Demands for this service are still high, especially for cases of
illness in the home and for old people.
The following is a summary of the cases in the Bromley area
who received assistance during 1953:—
Maternity (expectant mothers) 75
Tuberculosis 20
Aged 189
Others 319
Ambulance Service.
The main ambulance depot is at 12. Hayes Lane. Bromley.
At the present time there are 12 Radio-controlled Ambulances
and 12 Sitting-case Cars available at this depot.
Health Visiting.
There are seven Health Visitors carrying out their duties in
the Bromley area. These Health Visitors give fifty per cent, of
their time to the School Health Service.
In addition to their duties in connection with the School
Health Service, they give advice on the care of young children, and
to expectant and nursing mothers, and are responsible for the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. Vaccination and Immunisation
Clinics. Home Visiting. After Care. etc.
Domiciliary Midwifery.
Four Midwives are engaged full-time in domiciliary midwifery
in the area. The services of the midwives are engaged direct by
the patient, or through the patient's private doctor, and they act
either as midwives or maternity nurses.
Women's Welfare Clinic.
This clinic is held on the second Thursday afternoon in each
month, at North Clinic. Station Road. Bromley. Patients attending
this clinic must be referred on medical grounds, and are seen by
appointment. Facilities are restricted to nursing mothers.
LOCAL CLINIC SERVICES.
Ante-Natal Clinics.
North Clinic, Station Road Every Monday & first,
third & fifth Thurs.
in month p.m.
(New cases should attend Thurs.)
Hayes School Clinic, George Lane Wednesdays p.m.
Women's Welfare Clinic.
North Clinic, Station Road Second Thursday in
every month p.m.